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What if you could improve the infrastructure on the electric grid to make it smarter? In 2008, Xcel Energy embarked on an ambitious pilot program designed to do just that in Boulder. Called SmartGridCity, the program was intended to add digital tracking capabilities ...

Five and half years after the collapse of the global financial market, fingers are still being pointed: at the wealthy for reckless trading, at the poor for living above their means, at Republicans for deregulating, at Democrats for runaway spending...

Even though the cold weather is here, those of us without air conditioning still might object to the meaning of the term “hotbed.” A hot bed is not a good thing...

The recipe I am about to share with you may be the reason I have transformed into a total canning nerd overnight. Sure, my new obsession with canning isn’t all that surprising. I have a garden and need to figure out how to preserve some of its harvest. I also dabbled...

Following in the footsteps of their grandparents, an increasing number of people are expanding their sustainable living education and learning the skills needed to tackle projects such as growing and preserving more of their own food, making cheese and keeping ...

For all of the pageantry of many weddings, the most important part is that little two-minute bit you can barely see where the couple exchanges rings, does a secret handshake and passes notes to each other. Or whatever it is they’re doing up there. It’s one of the ...

The typical American diet is filled with heavily processed foods, filled with high-fructose corn syrup, salt and preservatives. What is this costing us in terms of our health and the environment’s health...

Though you’ve likely already heard that college will be some of the best years of your life — which has some truth to it — there will also be times when everything isn’t coming along just dandy. But just because your mom isn’t around to help doesn’t mean you won’t ...

Wave of beetle-kill reboots state’s forest products industry...

The craft-brewing revolution has brought high-quality beer to communities across the country. The ubiquity of good brew might lead one to believe there’s nothing...

Despite recent storms in the mountains, snowpack around Colorado is still below average, raising the possibility that watering restrictions will force local homeowners and gardeners to pay more attention to irrigating intelligently...